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. 1993;1(1):46–48. doi: 10.1155/S1064744993000110

Maternal and Neonatal Infection With Salmonella heidelberg : A Case Report

Kevin A Ault 1,3,✉, Maureen Kennedy 2, Muhieddine A-F Seoud 1, Rosemary Reiss 2
PMCID: PMC2364676  PMID: 18476206

Abstract

Maternal and neonatal infections with Salmonella typhi have been well documented. There are only two previous case reports of intrauterine infection with non-typhoidal species. This paper presents a third case of maternal septicemia followed by neonatal sepsis with Salmonella heidelberg.

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